Shirley Road
Gas Works
Manager's House
No.1 Shirley Road
View down Shirley Road -
Nurrish & Pallett
's factory,
John White's Garage
,
Electricity Company
North Street Shrine
- right is Shirley Road c1917 and the Electircity works
The white building at the top of
North Street
and a row of houses where North Villa - later the
Westward Hotel
stood.
Electricity Company
In 1970 the factory taken on by Johnson Haynes who came here from Northampton. In 1998 they shared with BHS Patterns and Pressknives - in 2004 Johnson Haynes went into liquidation.
The name plate
The former factory of
Nurrish & Pallett
- in 2009.
The factory has disappeared by 2024.
A small close of houses was built here following
the demolition of the old gas works buildings.
Peter Crisp
and his
store
Uphill....
....towards the top
Top of the road - new housing proposed in field beyond in 2024
Looking back on 2009
Surveys & Notes